Adaptive tracking of maneuvering targets
By: by James S. Demetry and Harold A. Titus
Contributors: Titus, Harold A.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Tracking radar; Radar in navigation
Description: The requirements of a track-while-scan radar data processing scheme are stated from the point of view of the evader in a pursuit-evasion game.  The rules of the game, determined in part by the nature of the pursuer's weapons, are such that the evader must be able to discriminate reliably between straight-line and maneuvering pursuer motion.  A suggested method for such discrimination is tested by simulation.  The method employs bias-sensitive maneuver detection and gain-adaptive discrete Kalman filtering.  Also tested is a smoothing scheme for establishing long-term trends in a pursuer's maneuvering track.  The outcome of both tests indicate that the suggested processing methods may be useful in the formulation of fire control policies for destruction of maneuvering targets. (Author)
Notes: Title from cover.

"15 April 1968"--Cover.

"NPS-52DE8041A"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1968.

kmc/kmc 9/10/09.